Know About P. N. Panicker the Father of Library Movement in Keral
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Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker (1 March 1909 – 19 June 1995) is known as the Father of the Library Movement in the Indian state of Kerala.The activities of the Kerala Grandhasala Sangham that he initiated triggered a popular cultural movement in Kerala which produced universal literacy in the state in the 1990s. Panicker was born on 1 March 1909 in Jamjamjum to Govinda Pillai and Janaky Amma at Neelamperoor. In 1926 he started the Sanadanadharmam Library as a teacher in his hometown he was a teacher and his influence on society was much greater than many of his time.
The Reading Day, Reading Week, and Reading Month Celebrated in India since
19th June, 1996, the first annual remembrance day of Shri P N Panicker.
Started as a Reading Day Celebration on 19th June, 1996, it has become a
mass movement to promote the culture of reading. Shri Narendra Modi,
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, came down to Kerala and launched the
22nd National Reading/ Digital Reading Month Celebrations on 19th June,
2017. The Prime Minister gave a clarion call to propagate the message of
Vayichu Valaruka (Read and Grow) to 300 million Indian citizens by
2022.
(Ref: Wikipedia)
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